GRE Word List
EXEGESIS
exposition
The meaning of the word exegesis is exposition.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| welter | writhe |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |